Got to check out hyper build in action today :)

[foff667]

dunno who's been keeping up with NJDOT stuff but theres something called hyperbuild basically where stuff that wouldve taken a year to get done not too long ago now gets done in a weekend basically...because of new resources & techniques...pretty cool stuff. My wife went to watch for 3hrs last night did nothing but its OT for her...she wanted to show me it today so i went along...got to go the wrong way down rt 1 which was blocked off...that in itself was pretty cool lol...Basically for bridges instead of building the stuff on site there are companies out there now that if given the measurements will make these huge slabs of concret & steel beams all preassembled...they ship them down here & bam 10 hrs of work & these huge structures are assembled...its really cool. Mind you these are 200 foot long slabs measured to the mm basically & shipped like 500 miles to jersey with everyone crossing their fingers they'll fit ...there was less then 1in of play when they were set into their spots today which is as good as it gets basically. Just being around heavy machinery is very cool when your a guy....next one I go to I'll bring my digi & grab some pics...its like playing tonka but in real life

[NJSPEEDER]

maybe they will turn PA on to these new tricks of teh trade and they cna fix rt1, rt95, teh turnpike, rt80......... they have a few roads that coudl use some help
definately wanna see pics of that. sounds cool.

later
tim

[foff667]

unfortunatly from what I understand it only has to do with bridges...everything else is done the same old way & can take what seems like forever.

[jims69camaro]

you've heard of pre-fab buildings, right? Â*how long until that technology was spilled over into other area of construction?

i was actually working for a company that built the taj majal in AC for trump. Â*all pre-fab walls - interior, exterior, whatever. Â*they had it setup like an assembly line with the layout guys who could read blueprints (me), the guys who set the clamps where i told them to on the galvanized studs and then the welders came in afterward and made sure everything stayed together. Â*then they would go to another area where electrical was installed: light switches, outlets, cable TV, phone jacks, etc. Â*after that they went to another area where the exterior was applied. Â*basically a backer board was screwed on and concrete was sprayed on the outside. Â*had an R value of 40 or something. Â*anything else that was needed, like sheetrock and interior insulation, windows, etc. was added on site. Â*the engineering that went behind that building was incredible. Â*end-play was less than millimeters, too. Â*if a wall was out an inch it was sent back to be redone. Â*we didn't get any walls to be redone while i was there.

[DieselKickYoAss4Sure]

thats what my dad does pre fab buildings they can make anyhting you want sheetrock lights everything. my grandfather also did the same thing he built hamilton hospital. canegie center. the F.M.C building on rt 1, Johnson and johnson also on rt 1. All pre fab buildings. They actually hold the concrete slabs with a giant sucktion cups attached to a crain. which is a method my grandfathers company (Bowers Construction) came up with. Once my dad built a house that had 16 inch thick walls and only cost $300 a year to heat and cool. right now hes working on an adition for a 40,000 sqare foot house, belonging to a guy who own like every dunkin dohnuts in new jeresey

This is why i know so much about diesel equipment im around some crazy **** sometimes and have driven most of the equipment, crains. loaders with six foot tires, rolers, excavators. backhoes. A trencher capable of going 30 feet down into the ground looks like a big chain saw really fun.

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